Saurav Biswas
Mont-Saint-Hilaire,QC
Summary
Seasoned Infrastructure Architect with a track record of designing and implementing robust, scalable infrastructure solutions. Forward-thinking, decisive, with a self-directed mindset, and strong problem-solving skills. Seeking a strategic leadership role to drive growth, innovation, and long-term infrastructure excellence within a forward-looking organization.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Lead Infrastructure Architect
SITA
12.2018 - Current
- Infrastructure architecture and design across on-premises, hybrid, cloud, and edge environments, with a primary focus on Microsoft Azure.
- Compute and virtualization platforms include VMware, Hyper-V, and bare-metal infrastructure.
- Enterprise networking design covering LAN/WAN (CISCO, Juniper, Aruba, Dell), and firewalls (Palo Alto, Fortinet).
- Security and compliance by design, embedded into infrastructure and platform architectures.
- High availability, disaster recovery, capacity, and performance planning for mission-critical systems.
- Architecture governance and design reviews to ensure standards, scalability, and long-term sustainability.
- Agile and DevOps enablement.
Network Engineer
Compucom
07.2018 - 11.2018
- Prepared detailed network specifications, including High-Level Designs (HLD) and Low-Level Designs (LLD), with clear documentation and diagrams.
- Evaluated network designs and configurations to ensure customer requirements were met efficiently, effectively, and cost-optimally.
- Ensured effective design, documentation, and planning for LAN, WAN, and Wireless LAN infrastructures, aligning with performance, scalability, and security standards.
Manager - Networks
Orange Business Services
05.2015 - 06.2018
- Managed end-to-end network operations, ensuring high availability, performance, and reliability across enterprise environments.
- Oversaw the design, deployment, and optimization of LAN, WAN, and Wireless LAN infrastructures.
- Implemented network security controls and ensured compliance with enterprise and regulatory standards.
- Directed network modernization initiatives, including LAN/WAN, cloud connectivity, and wireless upgrades.
- Established and maintained network architecture documentation, including HLDs, LLDs, and operational procedures.
- Lead the selection, onboarding, performance management, and renewal of infrastructure vendors and strategic partners, ensuring cost efficiency, quality, and SLA compliance.
- Drove continuous improvement through proactive monitoring, root cause analysis, and performance optimization.
- Collaborated with infrastructure, security, and application teams to support business-critical initiatives.
- Oversee end-to-end project governance, proactively monitoring progress, identifying risks and dependencies, and implementing mitigation plans to keep initiatives on track.
- Provide executive-level reporting and insights on network portfolio initiatives, project health, financial performance, and delivery milestones.
- Ensure effective technology lifecycle management, maintaining current solutions, driving modernization initiatives, and systematically addressing legacy system risks.
- Lead, mentor, and coach cross-functional teams, fostering a culture of accountability, continuous learning, collaboration, and high performance.
Network – Team Leader
Orange Business Services
06.2011 - 04.2015
- Planned, designed, organized, and managed highly complex Wide Area Network (WAN) infrastructures to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Designed and implemented complex communication networks, aligning solutions with business and technical requirements.
- Diagnosed and resolved network issues using advanced network management systems and monitoring tools, minimizing downtime and service impact.
- Supported network connectivity and security, managing enterprise Cisco switch-based LAN environments.
- Installed, configured, and maintained Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching environments, including core Cisco Nexus switches, ensuring high availability and optimal performance.
Senior Network Engineer
Orange Business Services
07.2006 - 05.2011
- Planned, designed, organized, and managed highly complex Wide Area Network (WAN) infrastructures to ensure reliability, scalability, and performance.
- Designed and implemented complex communication networks, aligning solutions with business and technical requirements.
- Diagnosed and resolved network issues using advanced network management systems and monitoring tools, minimizing downtime and service impact.
- Supported network connectivity and security, managing enterprise Cisco switch-based LAN environments.
- Installed, configured, and maintained Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching environments, including core Cisco Nexus switches, ensuring high availability and optimal performance.
Network Engineer
SITA
06.2003 - 06.2006
- Deployed and managed routing protocols including EIGRP, OSPF, and BGP to ensure efficient and resilient network routing.
- Configured VLANs, VTP domains, MST, and Rapid PVST for optimized Layer 2 network segmentation and redundancy.
- Troubleshot and monitored IT networking systems, including packet core environments, proactively monitoring network server performance and maintaining service stability.
- Provided first-level technical support, assisting users with network-related issues and ensuring timely resolution.
Education
Master of Business Administration -
Nagpur University
IndiaB.Com. (Hons) -
Nagpur University
IndiaSkills
- Innovation and capability building
- IT infrastructure management
- Network design and implementation
- Stakeholder engagement
- People management
- Solution architecture
- Performance management
- Training and development
- Team leadership
- Router and switches: Cisco, Juniper, Dell, Aruba, Meraki
- Cloud technologies: VMware, vCloud Director, vSphere Client
- Firewall technologies: Palo Alto, Fortinet
Certification
- CCNA - (Collaboration)
- CCNP - (Routing & Switching) Certified
- FortiGate 7.4 Administrator
- PCNSE - Palo Alto Networks Certified Security Engineer
- VMware NSX-T - VMware Certified Professional - Network Virtualization
- ITIL v4 IT Infrastructure Library
- Azure – AZ-900
Accomplishments
Outstanding Employee award in Orange Business Services (2014)
Timeline
Lead Infrastructure Architect
SITA
12.2018 - Current
Network Engineer
Compucom
07.2018 - 11.2018
Manager - Networks
Orange Business Services
05.2015 - 06.2018
Network – Team Leader
Orange Business Services
06.2011 - 04.2015
Senior Network Engineer
Orange Business Services
07.2006 - 05.2011
Network Engineer
SITA
06.2003 - 06.2006
Master of Business Administration -
Nagpur University
B.Com. (Hons) -
Nagpur University